Juba Mayor and officials from the City Council meet workers that have gone on a half-day strike. Monday May 29, 2023. | Photo: Office of the Mayor/Facebook.

Garbage collectors in the Department of Environment and Sanitation at Juba Municipal Council reportedly went on a half-day strike over allowances prompting intervention from the mayor.

The City Council workers staged the strike to demand an increment in their weekly allowances at a critical time when the authorities struggle to fill the gap left by the suspended East Africa Go-Green Company.

While meeting the cleaners Monday, Mayor Michael Allah-Jabu encouraged them to return to work with the promise of resolving their challenges.

“H. W the Mayor of Juba Michael Lado Allah-Jabu assured them that he will work hard to solve their challenges….within this week and appealed to them to continue doing their job to keep the City clean,” reads a press statement from the official Facebook page of the city council.

Mayor Allah-Jabu also promised to register “all of you in the staff’s list in Juba City Council as staff of Environment and Sanitation with all the rights.”

He further urged Juba residents to avoid throwing garbage randomly to ease the work for the cleaners.